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Pineappleeh

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The home health nurse is planning an exercise program for a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS). Which exercise would be most beneficial for this patient?
 
  a. Swimming
  b. Progressive walking
  c. Weight training
  d. Isometric exercises

Question 2

The 65-year-old patient complains of leg pain that disappears at rest after having walked a short distance. The nurse recognizes that the patient's symptoms are consistent with which problem?
 
  a. Muscle spasm
  b. Deep venous thrombosis
  c. Claudication
  d. Angiospasm


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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An exercise program is very beneficial for the MS patient to relieve spasticity and improve coor-dination (Harmon, 2011). Because of fatigue, it is often difficult to convince MS patients to ex-ercise. Swimming provides considerable benefits as exercising in water is less fatiguing than ex-ercising out of water.

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Intermittent claudication, or cramping pain in the calves, occurs in the presence of arterial insuf-ficiency. This allows the muscles to build up lactic acid and cause pain.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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